Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Ray Richardson: Art Discussion

 
‘Ray Richardson is the Martin Scorsese of painting’ Lindsay Macrae GQ Magazine
Ray Richardson was born in Woolwich, London. He studied at St Martins School of Art and Goldsmiths College. He has lived and worked in London, Brussels, Paris and Chicago. He currently lives and works in South East London.

His paintings more than just a mirror of everyday life. They are drawn from his own experience of being born, bred and from living and working in London but also beyond there. When you look at his work you don’t have to experience it through the usual suspects of art history and great artists. See it too through the minor musical language of Gil Scott Heron or the pulp history of James Ellroy or the motivation of cinema and photography.

After many years of swimming against the waves of fashion in Art
I’ve heard it said once again that painting is back in fashion.
I think it’s never been in or out of fashion.
It’s about doing your own thing.
Ray Richardson B.A. A.R.E. – Curriculum Vitae
Born Woolwich Dockyard, London

Education
1984-87 Goldsmiths BA Fine Art
1983-84 St Martin’s School of Art Foundation Course

Awards
2012 Artist in Residence Eton College
2012 Founders Painting Prize ING Discerning Eye
2007 Association of Painter Printmakers A.R.E.
2002 British Council Award
1999 British Council Award
1990 BP Portrait Award Commendation
1989 British Council Award

Selected collections/commissions
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Fondation Carmignac, Paris
The National Portrait Gallery, London
London Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Pallant House Museum, Chichester
De Beers Diamond Trading Co., London
Kasen Summer Collection, Connecticut
Isle of Man Government Collection, Isle of Man
Royal Overseas League Collection, Edinburgh
St George’s Hospital Trust Collection, London
Ingram Collection, London
University of Warwick, Warwickshire
Ruth Borchard Collection, London
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Commissions
Ray Richardson is available for commissioned work with a 30% deposit before commencement & with the remaining 70% on completion to the artist.

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